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privileged to visit the chart-room at any time and 
had the rare opportunity of learning from Lieu¬ 
tenant Dempwolf, the navigating officer, much 
about Alaskan and Siberian waters. It was fine 
to feel a good ship like the Bear under one and 
worth while seeing others navigate. A lot of mer¬ 
chant-marine men would be greatly benefited by a 
trip on a revenue-cutter. 
Our first stop was Reindeer Station at St. Law¬ 
rence Island. Then we went to other stations on 
St. Lawrence Island, with supplies for the schools 
there, and then on to St. Lawrence Bay on the 
Siberian coast, to Liitke Island. From there we 
went to Emma Town and picked up Lord Percy, 
who had been collecting birds at Liitke Island and 
had come up with a native in a skin-boat. At 
Emma Town I again met the Mr. Caraieff who had 
taken me to Emma Harbor; his brother had gone 
to Vladivostock. Here I paid the money I owed. 
Some of the dogs I had left were still here but only 
two of them were any good; the others were still 
not rested enough to be of use. They were offered 
me again but I told my kind friends to keep them 
if they could get any good out of them. When 
I had been there before the snow had been piled 
high over everything. How different it all looked 
on this beautiful July afternoon! When Lord 
Percy had picked up his things at Emma Town we 
